(June-July 1963)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Larry Nadle (credited as Lawrence Nadle) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy Fox leaps from a trapeze toward Crawford Crow, whose trapeze has an "Out to Lunch" sign.
- Reprints
in 
in 
in 
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Alvin; Tom; George
- Synopsis
- Alvin thinks about dropping out of high school. A visit to George, who is working and going to night school to get his high school degree, convinces him otherwise.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for National Health, Welfare and Recration Agencies of the U. S. (c) 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- 651
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah -- The dream of my life has come true -- I own my own pleasure craft!!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy Fox takes an early morning cruise on his new boat. Crawford Crow stows away and crashes the boat on a desert island. Fox swims back to shore, while Crow plans to finish the supplies and fly back later.
Indexer Notes
Crow breaks the fourth wall by assuring the reader that Fox will make it back to shore.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try a tongue teaser!
Indexer Notes
Tootsie Roll ad with tongue twister.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The swing is to DC!
- Characters
- Johnny DC; Superman; Metal Men; Superboy
- Synopsis
- House ad for Action Comics 301, Adventure Comics 309, Metal Men 2 and Strange Adventures 153, showing Johnny DC hitting the DC logo with a bat
Jumbled Crosswords
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Crossword puzzle with scrambled names of sea creatures as clues.
- Reprints
-
from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[5 1954] ([November] 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Curious coins! Odd paper money!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Littleton Coin Co.
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- 652
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hold still, little birdie-- This will only take a minute!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis
- While Fox is bird-watching, Crow disguises himself as a yellow-breasted crow catcher and a purple-striped fox-snatcher in order to fool Fox into feeding him.
Great Masterpieces
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Indexer Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Fudge, featuring da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
True or False Kwiz
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- True-False quiz
- Reprints
- from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[5 1954] ([November] 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
- Characters
- Superman
Indexer Notes
Ad with coupon for Palisades Amusement Park.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! These... and more new issue stamps... just released
Indexer Notes
Ad for Garcelon Stamp Co.
[no title indexed]
The Hound and the Hare / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 80
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now what on Earth could be keeping those hounds-- I've been waiting for them all morning!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hare; Hound Senior; Hound Junior
- Synopsis
- Hare assembles a boot on a pogo stick to fake the trail of a hunter. The Hounds find the pogo stick and use it to chase Hare.
- Reprints
-
in Bosse och Bettan (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #11/1964 (november 1964)
-
The Super Riddle
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chucky Chipmunk; Willie Weasel; Glenn Groundhog; Oliver Owl; Platypus
- Synopsis
- Chucky Chipmunk asks Willie Weasel and Glenn Groundhog a riddle about a platypus and they laugh at him. Oliver Owl answers the riddle with a platypus's scientific name. A playpus shows up!
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- 3-M #124
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lessee! Add 4 carry 2, multiply by 14, divide by 6!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow; Mr. Gyppe; Jeeves (Fox's chauffeur)
- Synopsis
- Crow dupes Fox into buying 100 acres of worthless swampland for $35. Fox pretends to make a fortune on frogs' legs and sells it back to Crow for $1000.
Indexer Notes
A rare appearance by other characters in The Fox and the Crow.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks...but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Indexer Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Pops with an optical illusion.
[147 Famous Automobiles]
147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Auto Models.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Fox and the Crow -
1.
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
-
2.
["Ah -- The dream of my life has come true -- I own my own pleasure craft!!"]
The Fox and the Crow -
3.
["Try a tongue teaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["The swing is to DC!"]
-
5.
Jumbled Crosswords
-
6.
[Sell Grit]
Grit Newspaper -
7.
["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
Littleton Coins -
8.
["Hold still, little birdie-- This will only take a minute!"]
The Fox and the Crow -
9.
Great Masterpieces
Tootsie [all other candies] -
10.
True or False Kwiz
-
11.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
12.
["Free! These... and more new issue stamps... just released"]
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
["Now what on Earth could be keeping those hounds-- I've been waiting for them all morning!"]
The Hound and the Hare -
14.
The Super Riddle
-
15.
["Lessee! Add 4 carry 2, multiply by 14, divide by 6!"]
The Fox and the Crow -
16.
["Your eyes may play tricks...but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
17.
[Missile Attack!]
Missile Attack -
18.
[147 Famous Automobiles]
147 Famous Automobiles -
19.
["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
-
20.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- John P. Selegue
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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